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  • Secretariat
    Oct 22, 2010  - As someone born and raised in Virginia, I have always had a love for horses.  When I was in college, the athlete I admired most was not an NBA or NFL superstar, but rather it was a Virginia-born Thoroughbred racehorse named Secretariat. Secretariat had a way of keeping his fans in suspense by always... More
  • Forbes Receives Award for His Support of English as the Official Language
    Oct 18, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) was recently presented with the “A in English” award for his efforts in the 111th Congress to make English the official language of the United States. The “A in English” award is presented by U.S. English, Inc., the na... More
  • Ranking Members of House Armed Services Committee Demand DoD Documents Related to Legalities of JFCOM Decision
    Sep 1, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that three Ranking Members of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) have sent a letter to Secretary Robert Gates demanding documents related to the legalities of the decision to close the U.S. Joint... More
  • Facing the Storm
    Aug 31, 2010  - This week as Hurricane Earl threatens the east coast, Virginians will be preparing their homes and families for the impact of heavy winds and rain. After the storm, many could be faced with the reality of a wind-damaged business or a home basement saturated in water. While we don't know what the tru... More
  • TOMORROW - Forbes, Wittman, Nye, Scott to Host Roundtable Discussion on Secretary of Defense’s Decision to Close Joint Forces Command
    Aug 17, 2010  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04), Congressman Glenn Nye (VA-02), Congressman Bobby Scott (VA-03), and Congressman Rob Wittman (VA-01) will host a roundtable discussion on the Administration’s recent announcement of plans to eliminate Joint Forces Comm... More
  • American Response
    Jul 30, 2010  - About 20 years ago, two scholars named William Samuelson and Richard Zeckhauser did a study on how individuals make decisions. What they found is that individuals disproportionately stick with the status quo, or what they have always done. They coined this observation the "status quo bias." And if w... More
  • America's Choice
    Jul 16, 2010  - Consider the following four events that have occurred over the past year: 1. On a single day – June 30, 2010 – our nation’s debt leapt $166 billion. On that one day, the debt increase was larger than the entire annual deficit for fiscal year 2007. To put that into perspective, that single day res... More
  • House of Representatives Passes Forbes’ Bill to Expand Petersburg National Battlefield
    Dec 9, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) announced today that the House of Representatives passed the Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act, H.R. 3388. Forbes introduced the bill earlier this year, which would modify the boundaries of the current Petersburg National Battlefield to inc... More
  • House Committee Passes Forbes’ Bill to Expand Petersburg National Battlefield
    Nov 18, 2009  - Today, the House Committee on Natural Resources approved the Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act, H.R. 3388. Forbes introduced the bill earlier this year, which would modify the boundaries of the current Petersburg National Battlefield to include up to an additional 7,238 acres... More
  • Forbes Offers Testimony in Support of Petersburg National Battlefield Expansion
    Nov 5, 2009  - Congressman J. Randy Forbes (VA-04) offered testimony today in support of H.R. 3388, the Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification Act before the House of Representatives Subcommittee On National Parks, Forests And Public Lands. Forbes introduced the bill earlier this year, which would m... More

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